>Please, stop this bullshit! What you really meant was "we are suing Apple because they sued us"
Which is pretty much exactly what they said.
Your rant is kind of misdirected. HTC's countersuit is basically saying "Frig off Apple and fight us in the market, not in the courts", so yeah they are saying they believe in competition.
"We are taking this action against Apple to protect [...] our customers"
Well, yeah. Their customers Google, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon want to be able to offer smartphones. With HTC out of the equation, that becomes more difficult. With less options, the price is driven up, making smartphones less accessible to those that might benefit from them.
Without someone to keep Apple in check, the 1984 dystopia would already be upon us.
My response was directed at a comment that claimed they said, "we are suing Apple because they sued us". In fact, they said "we're suing Apple to help our customers (etc.)!" which is much different.
Your argument is less direct, and it doesn't interest me so much. Yes, by fighting for their self-preservation (if it is at stake) they help consumers by maintaining competition and/or variety.
Please, stop this bullshit! What you really meant was "we are suing Apple because they sued us", just like Apple sued Nokia because Nokia sued them.
Please forgive my rant, but I just can stand companies telling they believe in healthy competition while they are suing competitors trying to shut off the competition.